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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
GRAHAM DONALD
(Last) (First) (Middle)
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
1150 15TH STREET, N.W.
(Street)
WASHINGTON DC 20071
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WASHINGTON POST CO [ WPO ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
COB and CEO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/14/2007
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class B Common Stock 06/14/2007 J(1) 3,500 D (2) 2,646 I Revocable Trust
Class B Common Stock 300 D
Class B Common Stock 2,975 I Trust for Sibling(3)
Class B Common Stock 30,000 I Trusts for Children(3)
Class B Common Stock 20,000 I Trusts for Children of Sibling(3)
Class B Common Stock 5,000 I Trust for Third Party(3)
Class B Common Stock 35,000 I Spouse(3)
Class A Common Stock 06/14/2007 J(1) 3,500 A (2) 453,195 D
Class A Common Stock 7,200 I Trust for Children(4)
Class A Common Stock 762,078 I Trust for Siblings(4)
Class A Common Stock 386,236 I Beneficiary of Trusts
Class A Common Stock 7,200 I Trust for Siblings' Children(4)
Class A Common Stock 7,200 I Spouse(4)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Exchange of Class B shares held indirectly by reporting person for the equivalent number of Class A shares held by a sibling.
2. N/A
3. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of these shares. In addition to the direct and indirect ownership of Class B shares herein, I am one of five trustees of a charitable trust which owns 46,339 Class B shares in which I disclaim any beneficial ownership.
4. The reporting person disclaims any benefial ownership of these securities.
Remarks:
Daniel L. Lynch obo Donald E. Graham 06/14/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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Power of Attorney



Reports Under Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934





 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned,

a director, executive officer or beneficial owner of more than

ten percent of the equity securities of The Washington Post Company,

a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the Company), hereby

appoints VERONICA DILLON, JOHN B. MORSE, JR., WALLACE COONEY, and

DANIEL J. LYNCH, and each of them, the undersigneds true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power to act without the other

and with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to execute,

deliver and file, for the undersigned and in the undersigneds name,

place and stead, any and all statements, reports and forms, and any

and all amendments and supplements thereto, required to be filed

with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16(a) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations

adopted thereunder, in each case as the same may be amended from

time to time, with respect to the ownership and changes in

ownership of equity securities of the Company and derivatives

of such equity securities, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact

and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and

perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be

done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and

purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or agents

or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do

or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are

not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934, as amended.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is not longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with

respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities

issued by the Company, unless (i) earlier revoked by the undersigned in

a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, or (ii) with respect to each individual attorney-in-fact, upon their retirement or

termination of employment with the Company.



Dated:  January 18, 2007





            /s/Donald E. Graham